Giamatti does such great, subtle work under Payne’s direction. Easily one of that year’s best characters. He should’ve taken the Oscar, too. Carrey’s work in Eternal Sunshine is probably my favorite of his, though he’d taken it earlier. Foxx is pretty close behind.

I’ll never understand the Jamie Foxx love. Paul Giamatti’s performance is beautiful. Jim Carrey has never been better. Both of these are well ahead of Foxx for me. Yes, the impersonation was there. The spirit wasn’t.